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Cover Image, Volume 131, Issue 20
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.41127
Subject(s) - copolymer , cover (algebra) , polymer science , polymer chemistry , ether , pulmonary surfactant , computer science , materials science , chemistry , polymer , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
A polymerizable surfactant, or surfmer, is a functional surfactant that not only contains a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head group but also has polymerizable vinyl double bonds. This study reports the synthesis of a novel nonionic surfmer by the epoxide ring‐opening of allyl glycidyl ether and polyoxyethylene (10) octylphenyl ether (AGE‐TX‐100). Zhongbin Ye, Xuan Zhang, Hong Chen, Lijuan Han, Chao Lv, Zheng Su, and Jiarong Song characterize a novel copolymer, acrylamide/acrylic acid / AGE‐TX‐100. The copolymer's ability to emulsify organic components can increase oil recovery during enhanced oil recovery processes. The cover displays a SEM image of the copolymer used in this study. DOI: 10.1002/app.41024